This past August we spent 5 beautiful days in Paula's Villa with 3 generations of family. My husband's family is from France, so his 80+ year old parents and his sister and husband flew from Brittany to meet us (my husband, myself, and our 2 teenagers) in Portugal (we are from the US). Paula's villa is modern, clean, quiet, new, and provides everything you need for a family/group gathering. We cooked a light dinner each night and found the kitchen to be stocked with everything needed to make a big family dinner. The owner, Paula, is warm, caring, kind, efficient, and available to her renters. To give you example, she followed up prior to our visit, called and emailed during our visit, and continued to inquire that we were having a good time until our last day in Portugal. We happened to be arriving just before an unusual event in Portugal -- a gas strike. Before leaving the US, Paula emailed us locations of where to get gas and how to find it en route, if we were touring around. She eased our minds. To our luck, the strike ended on the day we arrived. She was wonderful to care so much! The villa's location is perfect as it is 35 minutes from Lisbon and 10 minutes from the beach! It is also close to 2 good food markets (one is a 10 minute walk from the villa). We rented a van for our family and it was worthwhile. We toured Sintra (so lovely) and Nazare (lots of traffic there, but a cute port and known for it's HUGE waves during certain parts of the year), and Lisbon (take the City Tour bus and you will learn / see a lot!). We treated ourselves on our last night at the Villa to have a chef come to the villa & make dinner for us (Paula put us in touch with the chef and we organized it from there). What a treat and NOT AT ALL EXPENSIVE. The chef set the dining room table elegantly, prepared a 3-course dinner, and cleaned up. It was so nice to meet the chef and to have eaten his amazing menu that he prepared (risotto with grilled shrimp). We would love to return -- that says it all. This is one of our most favorite vacations ever. Thank you, Paula, for treating your clients, my family, so well. We cannot say enough THANK YOUs to you!